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No trial: The man who threw an unsuspecting boy off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted first-degree premeditated murder, reports KSTP. As a result, 24-year-old Emmanuel Aranda, will serve 19 years in prison for the April attack that severely injured a 5-year-old boy identified as Landon. In court documents, Aranda confessed that he went to the mall in Bloomington, Minn., that day intent on killing an adult, but switched to the boy instead.

The young victim remains hospitalized but is now alert and conscious, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. His family says he still faces surgeries and rehabilitation, but they hope to have him back home in June. A GoFundMe page to help with medical expenses has raised more than $1 million. Aranda's mother says her son has mental health issues, and authorities have not discussed why he set out to kill a stranger. (Read more Mall of America stories.)

Yep, 19 years. That's it. If the races were reversed it would have been life without parole and everyone knows it. Hopefully someday white men will fight back.

Boz O'Clown

May 15, 2019 8:51 AM CDT

It's my understanding that the general population in prisons don't like child abusers. Maybe he'll get his reward there.

White Mamba

May 15, 2019 8:05 AM CDT

As a taxpayer in the state of Minnesota I strongly object to my money being used to keep this crazy POS alive. It's not like he was or ever will be a decent member of society. We are filling our state with people of this same ilk for the sake of PC and to maintain the welfare state we have created. Our future as a decent place to live is threatened by both of these liberat mindsets.